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Mathematician and Philosopher Blaise Pascal invented a mechanical calculator that was named Pascaline. This arithmetic machine could calculate using addition and subtraction aswell as multiplication and division. -
German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz invented a more sophisticated mechanical calculator named the Leibniz Wheel and it was regarded as "The first true four-function calculator". -
The machine that holds the title for the first machine to use the idea of storage and programming is the Jacquard Loom. The machine's inventor Joseph-Marie Jacquard created it by using a standart fabric loom that used punched cards that instructed the loom to perform automated tasks. -
One of the leading pioneers in the development of computers Charles Babbage invented the "Difference Engine" which could perform a lot more than just simple arithmetic equations. -
After 14 years Babbage created a new engine with the name "Analytical Engine" which shares many similarities with modern computers as it consists essential parts that are in every computer today. -
American business man, inventor and statistician Herman Hollerith designed and built a tabulating machine. This machine was the precursor of the modern computer and it held sway in the field for many years to come and marked the beginning of a new a era for computers and coding. -
Z1 was a general-purpose computer invented by the German mathematician, engineer and computer pioneer Konrad Zuse. -
The Atanasoff Berry Computer was invented by John V. Atanasoff and his assistant Clifford Berry and it was specifically designed to solve systems of linear questions. -
This computer was the first general purpose computer that was entirely a electronic computer that was designed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert. -
The Mark IV that was officialy built in 1952 by Howard Aiken, was the successor of 4 advanced computers, the first one being Mark I that was built in the late 1930s.